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Participants of Lion Dance fundraiser

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
March 1938
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of people who were involved in the Lion Dance to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers which took place in Victoria, British Columbia on March 5th and 6th, 1938. The group has gathered in front of a Chinese Public School. A number of women wear bands across their chests that read, "MEDIC…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Material Details
Chinese characters have been added to the surface of the photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of people who were involved in the Lion Dance to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers which took place in Victoria, British Columbia on March 5th and 6th, 1938. The group has gathered in front of a Chinese Public School. A number of women wear bands across their chests that read, "MEDICAL AID FOR WAR REFUGEES" and a number of men are wearing the lion costume pants.
Subjects
Events - Fundraising
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Celebrations
Names
Chinese Public School
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
BV985.5331.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
March 1938
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-01-23
Photographer
Gibson, Wilfred
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Photographer's handwriting on recto of photograph reads: "The Lion Dance, to raise funds for Chinese War sufferers/ Victoria B.C. March 5th + 6th 1938 / Gibson/ PHOTO"
Images
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